Amazon.com to Sell E-Books
In Format From Microsoft

By

Nick Wingfield Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Aug. 29, 2000 1:15 a.m. ET

Amazon.com Inc. said it plans to sell digital versions of books through its online store using technology from Microsoft Corp., a new show of support from the largest online bookseller for the fledgling electronic-books market.

Amazon, based in Seattle, said it plans to sell electronic copies of books in the Microsoft Reader format, a technology developed by the Redmond, Wash., software company that displays text on personal computers...